#BDAD4E#BDAD4E

#BDAD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD4E
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -6.14, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 50.27, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.02 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.117 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3064, 41.2575, 13.2046)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD4E #4E5EBD

analogous

#BD754E #BDAD4E #96BD4E

triadic

#BDAD4E #4EBDAD #AD4EBD

tetradic

#BDAD4E #4EBD75 #4E5EBD #BD4E96

square

#BDAD4E #4EBD75 #4E5EBD #BD4E96

split-complementary

#BDAD4E #4E96BD #754EBD

monochromatic

#696027 #968838 #BDAD4E #CEC27B #DED6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BDAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD4E

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD4E	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c583',
    500: '#bdad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad4e;
$custom-light: #d3c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74235,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD4E

secondary

#9BA2CC

accent

#65D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD4E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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